RE: Societies issue primer on radiological terrorism threats:Kearnypracticalities

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

Well, you could try

http://www.naturalhealthnotebook.com/Minerals/iodine.htm



As stated "Foods that are rich sources of iodine

include seafood and kelp. Dairy products may contain

iodine if the animal giving milk is fed iodine-rich

foods." And radioiodine laden fallout.



Another reference is

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002421.htm



--- "Dukelow, James S Jr" <jim.dukelow@pnl.gov> wrote:

> 

> John Jacobus and other wrote:

> -----Original Message-----

> From: John Jacobus [mailto:crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM] 

> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 2:51 PM

> To: Jane Orient; 'Howard Long'; 'radsafe'

> Subject: RE: Societies issue primer on radiological

> terrorism

> threats:Kearny practicalities

> 

> 

> I agree, and I was obviously not too clear.  (As I

> reread it, I must have lost my train of thought)

> 

> My point is that fallout from a nuclear weapon would

> contain a significant number of radionuclides that

> would give a higher dose than the iodines.  However,

> the population would probably have enough time to

> take

> shelter and sequester dairy products.  Of course,

> you

> would take the same precautions following a reactor

> accident, as Chernobyl, a reactor accident,

> demonstrated the risk from iodine uptake.

> 

> I am not a proponent of handing out KI automatically

> in either case.

> 

> --- Jane Orient <jorient@mindspring.com> wrote:

> > Thyroid blockage is needed whenever ingestion of

> > radioactive iodine is a

> > possibility. That is definitely a component of

> > fallout from a nuclear

> > weapon. Yes, it could happen in a reactor accident

> > (extremely unlikely), but

> > it's okay to talk about that one.

> > 

> > -----Original Message-----

> > From: John Jacobus [mailto:crispy_bird@yahoo.com]

> > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 1:17 PM

> > To: Howard Long; John Jacobus; radsafe

> > Cc: Jane Orient

> > Subject: Re: Societies issue primer on

> radiological

> > terrorism threats:Kearny

> > practicalities

> > 

> > My understanding is the thyroid blockage is an

> issue

> > for reactor accident release, not a nuclear

> attack.

> > Chernobyle, again, clearly demonstrated the risks

> > associated with iodine releases from a reactor.

> > 

> > --- Howard Long <hflong@pacbell.net> wrote:

> 

>   <snip>

> 

> ================

> 

> Sequester milk and turn it into aged cheese?

> 

> What radionuclides other that I-131 show up in milk

> following a reactor

> accident or nuclear explosion?  What pathways other

> than dairy for

> I-131?

> 

> Best regards.

> 

> Jim Dukelow

> Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

> Richland WA

> Jim.dukelow@pnl.gov

> 

> These comments are mine and have not been reviewed

> and/or approved by my

> management or by the U.S. Department of Energy.





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-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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